Afrotyphlops liberiensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Familia: Typhlopidae
Subfamilia: Afrotyphlopinae
Genus: Afrotyphlops
Species: Afrotyphlops liberiensis

Name

• Afrotyphlops liberiensis (Hallowell, 1848)

Holotype: ANSP 3243, collected by Dr. T.S. Savage between 1840–1848.

Type locality: “Liberia, western coast of Africa”.

Combinations

• Onychocephalus liberiensis Hallowell, 1848: 59 [original combination]
• Typhlops punctatus liberiensis — Laurent, 1964: 391 [subsequent combination]
• Afrotyphlops liberiensis — Broadley & Wallach, 2009: 26 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Hallowell, E. 1848. Description of two new species of Onychocephalus, from the western coast of Africa. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1848: 59–61. BHL
• Broadley, D.G. & Wallach, V. 2009. A review of the eastern and southern African blind-snakes (Serpentes: Typhlopidae), excluding Letheobia Cope, with the description of two new genera and a new species. Zootaxa 2255: 1–100. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Afrotyphlops liberiensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 January 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Guinea Blind Snake